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Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (repealed)

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[F1ANNEX II U.K.

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Part A U.K. [F2Fertilizers and soil conditioners]

[F3General conditions for all the products:

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  • use only in accordance with provisions of Annex I,

  • use only in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on placing on the market and use of the products concerned applicable in general agriculture in the Member State where the product is used.]

c

[F4Limit of determination.]

Name Description, compositional requirements, conditions for use
Compound products or products containing only materials listed hereunder:

— Farmyard manure

Product comprising a mixture of animal excrements and vegetable matter (animal bedding)

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

Indication of animal species

Coming from extensive husbandry and only in the sense of [X1Article 6 (5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 a , as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 b

— Dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

Indication of animal species

Coming from extensive husbandry and only in the sense of Article 6 (5)] of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91

— Composted animal excrements, including poultry manure and composted farmyard manure included

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

Indication of the animal species

Factory farming origin forbidden

— Liquid animal excrements (slurry, urine, etc.)

Use after controlled fermentation and/or appropriate dilution

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

Indication of animal species

Factory farming origin forbidden

[F5— Composted or fermented household waste

Product obtained from source separated household waste, which has been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production

Only vegetable and animal household waste

Only when produced in a closed and monitored collection system, accepted by the Member State

Maximum concentrations in mg/kg of dry matter: cadmium: 0,7; copper: 70; nickel: 25; lead: 45; zinc: 200; mercury: 0,4; chromium (total): 70; chromium (VI): 0 c

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority

Only during a period expiring on [F631 March 2006] ]

— Peat

Use limited to horticulture (market gardening, floriculture, arboriculture, nursery)

[F4— Clays (e.g. perlite, vermiculite, etc.)

]

— Mushroom culture wastes

The initial composition of the substrate must be limited to products of the present list

— Dejecta of worms (vermicompost) and insects

— Guano

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

[F5— Composted or fermented mixture of vegetable matter

Product obtained from mixtures of vegetable matter, which have been submitted to composting or to anaerobic fermentation for biogas production

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]

— Products or by-products of animal origin as below:

  • blood meal

  • hoof meal

  • horn meal

  • bone meal or degelatinized bone meal

  • [F7. . . . .]

  • fish meal

  • meat meal

  • feather, hair and ‘ chiquette ’ meal

  • wool

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

  • fur

  • hair

  • dairy products

[F4Maximum concentration in mg/kg of dry matter of Chromium (VI): 0] c

— Products and by-products of plant origin for fertilizers

(for instance, oilseed cake meal, cocoa husks, malt culms, etc.)

[F2— Seaweeds and seaweed products

As far as directly obtained by:

(i)

physical processes including dehydration, freezing and grinding;

(ii)

extraction with water or aqueous acid and/or alkaline solution;

(iii)

fermentation;

need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority]

— Sawdust and wood chips

Wood not chemically treated after felling

— Composted bark

Wood not chemically treated after felling

— Wood ash

From wood not chemically treated after felling

— Soft ground rock phosphate

Product as specified by Council Directive 76/116/EEC d , as last amended by Directive 89/284/EEC e

Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205

— Aluminium calcium phosphate

Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as last amended by Directive [X189/284/EEC] ;

Cadmium content less than or equal to 90 mg/kg of P205

Use limited to basic soils (pH > 7,5)

— Basic slag

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

— Crude potassium salt

(for instance: kainit, sylvinite, etc.)

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

[F3— Potassium sulphate, possibly containing magnesium salt

Product obtained from crude potassium salt by a physical extraction process, and containing possibly also magnesium salts

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]

— Stillage and stillage extract

Ammonium stillage excluded

— Calcium carbonate of natural origin

(for instance: chalk, marl, ground limestone, Breton ameliorant, (maërl), phosphate chalk)

— Magnesium and calcium carbonate of natural origin

(for instance: magnesian chalk, ground magesium limestone, etc.)

Only of natural origin

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

— Magnesium sulfate (for instance: kieserite)

— Calcium chloride solution

Foliar treatment of apple trees, after identification of deficit of calcium

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

— Calcium sulphate (gypsum)

Product as specified by Directive 76/116/EEC, as amended by Directive 89/284/EEC

Only of natural origin

[F5— Industrial lime from sugar production

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]

— Elemental sulphur

Product as specified by Directive 76/446/EEC, as amended by Directive 89/284/EEC

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

— Trace elements

Trace elements included in Directive 89/530/EEC f

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

— Sodium chloride

Only mined salt

Need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority

— Stone meal

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[F2 [F8B. PESTICIDES U.K.

1. Products for plant protection] U.K.

General conditions applicable for all the products composed or containing the following active substances:

  • use in accordance with provisions of Annex I,

  • only in accordance with the specific provisions of the plant protection product legislation applicable within the Member State where the product is used (where relevant (1) ).

I. Substances of crop or animal origin U.K.
a

In certain Member States the products market with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are not subject to the provisions of the plant protection products legislation.

Name Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use
[F3Azadirachtin extracted from Azadirachta indica (Neem tree) Insecticide
Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]
a Beeswax Pruning agent
Gelatine Insecticide
a Hydrolysed proteins Attractant;
only in authorized applications in combination with other appropriate products of this Annex II, part B.
Lecithin Fungicide
Extract (aqueous solution) from Nicotiana tabacum Insecticide;
only against aphids in subtropical fruit trees (e.g. oranges, lemons) and tropical crops (e.g. bananas); use only at the start of the vegetation period;
need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority;
only during a period expiring 31 March 2002 .
Plant oils (e.g. mint oil, pine oil, caraway oil). Insecticide, acaricide, fungicide and sprout inhibitor.
[F5Pyrethrins extracted from Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium Insecticide
Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]
Quassia extracted from Quassia amara . Insecticide, repellent
Rotenone extracted from Derris spp. and Lonchocarpus spp. and Terphrosia spp. Insecticide;
need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority.
II. Microorganisms used for biological pest control U.K.
Name Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use
Microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and fungi) e.g. Bacillus thuringensis, Granulosis virus, etc. Only products not genetically modified in the meaning of Directive 90/220/EEC a .
III. Substances to be used in traps and/or dispensers U.K.

General conditions:

  • the traps and/or dispensers must prevent the penetration of the substances in the environment and prevent contact of the substances with the crops under cultivation.

  • the traps must be collected after use and disposed of safely

a

In certain Member States the products market with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are not subject to the provisions of the plant protection products legislation.

Name Description; composition requirements; conditions for use
a Diammonium phosphate Attractant;
only in traps
Metaldehyde Molluscicide;
only in traps containing a repellent to higher animal species;
only during a period expiring [F631 March 2006] .
[F3Pheromones Attractant; sexual behaviour disrupter;
only in traps and dispensers.]
Pyrethroids (only deltamethrin or lambdacyhalothrin) Insecticide;
only in traps with specific attractants;
only against Batrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata wied;
need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority.
[ F9 ]

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[F10IIIa Preparations to be surface-spread between cultivated plants U.K.
Name Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use
Iron (III) orthophosphate Molluscicide]

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IV. Other substances from traditional use in organic farming U.K.
a

In certain Member States the products market with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are not subject to the provisions of the plant protection products legislation.

Name Description; compositional requirements; conditions for use
[F6Copper in the form of copper hydroxide, copper oxychloride, (tribasic) copper sulphate, cuprous oxide Fungicide
Until 31 December 2005 up to a maximum of 8 kg copper per hectare per year, and from 1 January 2006 up to 6 kg copper per ha per year, without prejudice to a more limited quantity if laid down under the specific terms of the general legislation on plant protection products in the Member State where the product is to be used

For perennial crops, Member States may, by derogation to the previous paragraph, provide that the maximum levels apply as follows:

  • the total maximum quantity used from 23 March 2002 until 31 December 2006 shall not exceed 38 kg copper per ha

  • from 1 January 2007 , the maximum quantity which may be used each year per ha shall be calculated by subtracting the quantities actually used in the 4 preceding years from, respectively, 36, 34, 32 and 30 kg copper for the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and following years

Need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority]
a Ethylene Degreening bananas
Fatty acid potassium salt (soft soap) Insecticide
a Potassium alum (Kalinite) Prevention of ripening of bananas
[F3Lime sulphur (calcium polysulphide) Fungicide, insecticide, acaricide;
need recognised by the inspection body or inspection authority.]
Paraffin oil Insecticide, acaricide
Mineral oils Insecticide, fungicide;
only in fruit trees, vines, olive trees and tropical crops (e.g. bananas);
[ F9 ]
need recognized by the inspection body or inspection authority.
Potassium permanganate Fungicide, bactericide;
only in fruit trees, olive trees and vines.
a Quartz sand Repellent
Sulphur Fungicide, acaricide, repellent

[F112. Products for pest and disease control in livestock buildings and installations: U.K.

  • Products listed in Section 1

  • Rodenticides] ]

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[F8C. FEED MATERIALS U.K.

[F121. Feed materials from plant origin U.K.

1.1. Cereals, grains, their products and by-products. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

oats as grains, flakes, middlings, hulls and bran; barley as grains, protein and middlings; rice germ expeller; millet as grains; rye as grains and middlings; sorghum as grains; wheat as grains, middlings, bran, gluten feed, gluten and germ; spelt as grains; triticale as grains; maize as grains, bran, middlings, germ expeller and gluten; malt culms; brewers' grains.

1.2. Oil seeds, oil fruits, their products and by-products. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

rape seed, expeller and hulls; soya bean as bean, toasted, expeller and hulls; sunflower seed as seed and expeller; cotton as seed and seed expeller; linseed as seed and expeller; sesame seed as expeller; palm kernels as expeller; pumpkin seed as expeller; olives, olive pulp; vegetable oils (from physical extraction).

1.3. Legume seeds, their product and by-products. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

chickpeas as seeds, middlings and bran; ervil as seeds, middlings and bran; chickling vetch as seeds submitted to heat treatment, middlings and bran; peas as seeds, middlings, and bran; broad beans as seeds, middlings and bran; horse beans as seeds middlings and bran, vetches as seeds, middlings and bran and lupin as seeds, middlings and bran.

1.4. Tuber, roots, their products and by-products. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

sugar beet pulp, potato, sweet potato as tuber, potato pulp (by-product of the extraction of potato starch), potato starch, potato protein and manioc.

1.5. Other seeds and fruits, their products and by-products. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

carob, carob pods and meals thereof, pumpkins, citrus pulp; apples, quinces, pears, peaches, figs, grapes and pulps thereof; chestnuts, walnut expeller, hazelnut expeller; cocoa husks and expeller; acorns.

1.6. Forages and roughages. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

lucerne, lucerne meal, clover, clover meal, grass (obtained from forage plants), grass meal, hay, silage, straw of cereals and root vegetables for foraging.

1.7. Other plants, their products and by-products. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

molasses, seaweed meal (obtained by drying and crushing seaweed and washed to reduce iodine content), powders and extracts of plants, plant protein extracts (solely provided to young animals), spices and herbs.

1.8. The following feed materials may be used until 30 June 2004 : rice as grain, rice broken, rice bran, rye feed, rye bran, turnip rape seed expeller, turnip rape seed hulls and tapioca. U.K.

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2. Feed materials from animal origin U.K.

2.1. Milk and milk products. Only the following substances are included in the category: U.K.

raw milk as defined in Article 2 of Directive 92/46/EEC (2) , milk powder, skimmed milk, skimmed-milk powder, buttermilk, buttermilk powder, whey, whey powder, whey powder low in sugar, whey protein powder (extracted by physical treatment), casein powder, lactose powder, curd and sour milk.

2.2. Fish, other marine animals, their products and by-products. Only the following substances are included in the category: U.K.

fish, fish oil and cod-liver oil not refined; fish molluscan or crustacean autolysates, hydrolysate and proteolysates obtained by an enzyme action, whether or not in soluble form, solely provided to young animals. Fish meal.

2.3. Eggs and egg products for use as poultry feed, preferably from the same holding. U.K.

3. Feed materials from mineral origin U.K.

Only the following substances are included in this category:

  • Sodium:

    • unrefined sea salt

    • coarse rock salt

    • sodium sulphate

    • sodium carbonate

    • sodium bicarbonate

    • sodium chloride;

  • Potassium:

    potassium chloride;

  • Calcium:

    • lithotamnion and maerl

    • shells of aquatic animals (including cuttlefish bones)

    • calcium carbonate

    • calcium lactate

    • calcium gluconate;

  • Phosphorus:

    • defluorinated dicalcium phosphate

    • defluorinated monocalcium phosphate

    • monosodium phosphate

    • calcium-magnesium phosphate

    • calcium-sodium phosphate;

  • Magnesium:

    • magnesium oxide (anhydrous magnesia)

    • magnesium sulphate

    • magnesium chloride

    • magnesium carbonate

    • magnesium phosphate;

  • Sulphur:

    sodium sulphate.

    Bone dicalcium phosphate precipitate may be used until 30 June 2004 .] ]

[F11D. FEED ADDITIVES, CERTAIN SUBSTANCES USED IN ANIMAL NUTRITION (DIRECTIVE 82/471/EEC) AND PROCESSING AIDS USED IN FEEDINGSTUFFS U.K.

[F121. Feed additives U.K.

1.1. Trace elements. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

  • Iron:

    • ferrous (II) carbonate

    • ferrous (II) sulphate monohydrate and/or heptahydrate

    • ferric (III) oxide;

  • Iodine:

    • calcium iodate, anhydrous

    • calcium iodate, hexahydrate

    • sodium iodide;

  • Cobalt:

    • cobaltous (II) sulphate monohydrate and/or heptahydrate

    • basic cobaltous (II) carbonate, monohydrate;

  • Copper:

    • copper (II) oxide

    • basic copper (II) carbonate, monohydrate

    • copper (II) sulphate, pentahydrate;

  • Manganese:

    • manganous (II) carbonate

    • manganous oxide and manganic oxide

    • manganous (II) sulfate, mono- and/or tetrahydrate;

  • Zinc:

    • zinc carbonate

    • zinc oxide

    • zinc sulphate mono- and/or heptahydrate;

  • Molybdenum:

    ammonium molybdate, sodium molybdate;

  • Selenium:

    • sodium selenate

    • sodium selenite.

1.2. Vitamins, provitamins and chemically well defined substances having a similar effect. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

  • Vitamins authorised under Directive 70/524/EEC (3) :

    • preferably derived from raw materials occurring naturally in feedingstuffs, or

    • synthetic vitamins identical to natural vitamins only for monogastric animals.

  • By derogation from the first subparagraph, and during a transitional period ending on 31 December 2005 , the competent authority of each Member State may authorise the use of synthetic vitamins of types A, D and E for ruminants in so far as the following conditions are met:

    • the synthetic vitamins are identical to the natural vitamins, and

    • the authorisation issued by the Member States is founded on precise criteria and notified to the Commission.

Producers may benefit from this authorisation only if they have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the inspection body or authority of the Member State that the health and welfare of their animals cannot be guaranteed without the use of these synthetic vitamins.

1.3. Enzymes. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

Enzymes authorised under Directive 70/524/EEC.

1.4. Microorganisms. Only the following microorganisms are included in this category: U.K.

microorganisms authorised under Directive 70/524/EEC.

1.5. Preservatives. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

  • Sorbic acid

  • Formic acid

  • Acetic acid

  • Lactic acid

  • Propionic acid

  • Citric acid.

The use of lactic, formic, propionic and acetic acid in the production of silage shall be only permitted when weather conditions do not allow for adequate fermentation.

1.6. Binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

  • Calcium stearate of natural origin

  • Colloidal silica

  • Kieselgur

  • Bentonite

  • Kaolinitic clays

  • Natural mixtures of stearites and chlorite

  • Vermiculite

  • Sepiolite

  • Perlite.

1.7. Antioxidant substances. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

  • Tocopherol-rich extracts of natural origin

1.8. Silage additives. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

as from 19 October 2004 , enzymes, yeasts and bacteria authorised by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition.

2. Certain products used in animal nutrition U.K.

Only the following products are included in this category:

brewer's yeasts.

3. Processing aids used in feedingstuffs U.K.

3.1. Processing aids for silage. Only the following substances are included in this category: U.K.

  • sea salt, coarse rock salt, whey, sugar, sugar beet pulp, cereal flour and molasses,

  • up to 18 October 2004 , enzymes, yeasts, and lactic, acetic, formic, and propionic bacteria.]

E. PRODUCTS AUTHORISED FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF LIVESTOCK BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS (E.G. EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS) U.K.

  • Potassum and sodium soap

  • Water and steam

  • Milk of lime

  • Lime

  • Quicklime

  • Sodium hypochlorite (e.g. as liquid bleach)

  • Caustic soda

  • Caustic potash

  • Hydrogen peroxide

  • Natural essences of plants

  • Citric, peracetic acid, formic, lactic, oxalic and acetic acid

  • Alcohol

  • Nitric acid (dairy equipment)

  • Phosporic acid (dairy equipment)

  • Formaldehyde

  • Cleaning and disinfection products for teats and milking facilities

  • Sodium carbonate

F. OTHER PRODUCTS] U.K.

(1)

[F2In certain Member States the products market with (*) are not considered as plant protection products and are not subject to the provisions of the plant protection products legislation.]

(3)

[F11 [F12 OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1 . Directive 70/524/EEC will be repealed with effect from 19.10.2004 . From that date, Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition ( OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29 ) shall apply.] ]

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